president obama hosting formal rival mitt romney for lunch at the white house. aides say the two men discussed america's leadership in the role during an hour long meeting and that they vowed to stay in touch, pretty much. and officials in the missouri lottery say a winner has come forward in last night's record power ball jackpot. still waiting for a seconds winner out of arizona to claim half of that nearly 600-million-dollar prize. on this day in 1947. newly formed united nations voted to split up palestine which later led to the creation of an independent jewish state. for centuries the auto monday empire had controlled the area. in the early 1900s, zionist justs justs from europe began imgrating there seeking a new homeland. arabs who lived in palestine were not happy riots erupted. after world war i the brits folk control and attempted to contain the fighting. it did not work. in 1947 the united nations stepped in and voted to try to separate the jews and the arabs. the following year israel was born there have been several major wars since then. and the b